When Director of Athletics Michael O’Brien told Marissa Hardiman that she had won one of only 10 $1,000 WPIAL scholarships awarded to female athletes, she was pretty surprised. She shouldn’t have been, because the tri-sport scholar athlete has excelled at just about everything she’s done since beginning her freshman year at Fox Chapel Area High...Read More
By: Marty Stewart, Friday, April 12, 2019, TRIB-LIVE Mary Ellis, a junior on the Fox Chapel lacrosse team, has helped the squad to a strong start. In a 17-11 win over North Allegheny on April 1, she scored a goal and had nine assists. She followed that with two goals and four assists in an...Read More
By: Marty Stewart , Friday, April 5, 2019, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel girls lacrosse team will be under the guidance of new coach Rebecca Hartrum this spring. She takes over a team that posted a 12-2 mark last year. With realignment, this year’s team will compete in Section 2-3A with Butler, Freeport, Indiana, Moon, North...Read More
Part I in a series. If you believe in folklore, Phil the Groundhog says spring is coming sooner, rather than later. That’s welcome news for the Foxes’ coaches and athletes who are awaiting milder weather in order to move outside for practices. Here’s a look at how the spring teams are shaping up for the...Read More
The Foxes’ girls’ lacrosse team has a new head coach, Rebecca Hartrum, and she brings with her an impressive list of credentials. Most recently, she was an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, and before that, she served as an assistant for the women’s lacrosse team at another...Read More